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Necessitude
//nəˈsɛsɪt(j)uːd// noun
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Noun
- 1 The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness. rare
"It had been of all things the most harassing and wearying—a life of dreary necessitude—a perpetual struggle with debt."
- 2 A circumstance or event which is necessary or unavoidable, especially because it is a requirement of a social role or natural state of affairs. rare
"The Americans. . . fear not the necessitudes of fortune."
- 3 Necessity. rare
"In Popperian terms, it demonstrates the necessitude of public debate."
- 4 A relation or connection between people or things. archaic
"The relation and necessitude is trifling and loose, and they are all equally contemptible; because the mind entertains no loves or union."
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